Ingress Server Installation: How to Choose between a Workstation and a Dedicated Server

Monday, September 15, 2014
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Ingress software consist of 3 major components: Ingress server, Ingress client and MySQL
database. The Ingress server serves as the intermediary between FingerTec
devices, Ingress client and MySQL database. It handles the connection and
command read/write operations between Ingress client and devices. Apart from
that, it also manages the data/record-reading and writing between Ingress
client and MySQL database. Thus, this is the main command centre of the entire
system. Therefore, you may be questioning what are the pre-requisites that you
will need to fulfil in order to achieve the ideal system that will perform these
functions perfectly. Should you choose a multi- task workstation or dedicated
server?

In the situation that you are installing the system to
handle a small scale of access control system, a multi-task workstation will
suit you the most. For example, a company that has less than 500 users will
benefit from this installation. The access control records will be stored in the
devices all the time and you will only download it once daily. This will not
generate excessive workload to your workstation. In addition to that, you can
use the online monitoring feature of Ingress to know who is coming in or
leaving at every entrance. Integration with other workstations or servers such
as payroll and network video surveillance software is also possible. We would suggest
for the workstation to be equipped with at least with an i5 QuadCore processor,
8GB RAM with Windows 7-64-bits OS.

For installation which supports a large scale of
access control system, we would suggest to use a dedicated server to handle the
system. For example, a company with more than 1000 employees would benefit the
most from a server-based access control system. The high number of employees
generates a high volume of access control records. You will need a dedicated
server to handle the database effectively. There will be many administrators,
each with different levels access to the system, to process and manipulate the
data and reports.

There will be multi-connections available for users to
access the server anytime during the operation, and this can be also be handled
by the server. At this level,
integration with other database, software (payroll, network video surveillance,
human resource system etc) will be easy. A dedicated server provides better
protection to the software and database than a normal multi-task workstation would.
We would suggest for the server to be equipped with at least with a Xenon
QuadCore processor, 8GB with Windows 2008 64-bits OS.

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The brand FingerTec was born in 2000, with a visionary objective to bringing the then high-tech fingerprint technology normally used by government sector into a technology that is viable, affordable and reachable by mass commercial market. Its first 5-year plan was dedicated to the R&D incubation, mainly targeted in improving the fingerprint matching algorithm, the product’s robustness and user-friendliness; in short to provide fundamentals for the brand to soar high when it was launched. Within those 5 years, FingerTec had won 3 international awards as recognitions for its technology advancement.
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